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Comparing The Mean Length of Utterance in Words (MLU-W) Between English and Shiwi'ma Bena:we of Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico |
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Lynn Rodney Wood - New Mexico State University
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Jessica Sanchez - New Mexico State University
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Stacey Ogaz - New Mexico State University
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Melissa Sambrano - New Mexico State University
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2004 |
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| - Assessment |
| - Cognition/Language |
| - Cross Linguistic Comparison |
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This session reports the findings of the initial phase of research that investigated whether utterances spoken in English and Shiwi’ma Bena:we (the language of Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico) to express the same thoughts were similar. This research is important because procedures that have been developed to analyze the use of English (i.e., MLU) may also be used clinically to analyze utterances spoken in other languages which may differ at the cognitive-linguistic level. A group of native speaking bilingual Zuni Pueblo university students translated a series of Shiwi’ma Bena:we utterances into English utterances, and utterances from both languages were analyzed utilizing the mean length of utterance in words (MLU-W) procedure. The MLU-W results differed between languages (English MLU-W = 8.45; Shiwi’ma Bena:we MLU-W = 5.95), suggesting that cognitive-linguistic differences between the two languages contribute to these findings. The clinical implications and next phase of research will be discussed. |
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